6.8
Rent
2005
“Where deals were made, lives were traded and the legends of jazz lit up the night.”
The Cotton Club (1984)
December 14, 19842h 10mEN
6.5
434 votes
Overview
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Director
Francis Ford CoppolaWhere to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$58.0M
Revenue
$25.9M
Production Companies
Totally IndependentPSOAmerican ZoetropeRobert Evans Productions
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John Chard
7.5And all - that - jazz! Far better than its iffy reputation suggests, The Cotton Club is guilty of being stuffed to the gills, but it also contains mighty fine film making that shows craft both behind and in front of the camera. Set in late 1920s Harlem, the pitch is an area of New York rife with swinging jazz, racism, crooks and gangsters. Prohibition and the depression fill the air just as the talkie movie bursts out of the silver screen. The Cotton Club of the title is the focal point for many of the key character's lives, so Francis Coppola, who stepped in at the eleventh hour of the…
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